Nick Dunlap made history at American Express in January. There he became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson in 1991. He was also the youngest winner since 1910.
But on Friday he once again made history for himself and left his mark. First hole-in-one in history As a PGA Tour Pro.
He accomplished the feat Friday on the par-3 seventh, which measured 197 yards.
Dunlap made some great shots to move up to 8 under par and hover around the top of the leaderboard for the first time since his win at Coachella Valley.
It also happened to be his second eagle of the day. Dunlap made a three on the par-5 third hole, draining 38 feet.
But interestingly, in the group ahead of Dunlap, Chris Kirk also almost made a hole-in-one.
Kirk played alongside Rory McIlroy and Jake Knapp, who won last week’s Mexican Open, and hit a near-perfect shot on the 7th.
Yet, unlike Dunlap, Kirk subjected to brutal abuseMcIlroy’s mouth opened wide.
Sadly, the seventh hole at PGA National played as the easiest par 3 on Friday, playing 0.05 stroke under. This hole is significantly different from his other three par 3s, which rank in the top six in terms of difficulty, and ranks him the 14th most difficult hole in the second round.
The windstorm also caused a lot of problems for much of the field, which is why the second round score was three strokes higher than what was seen in Thursday’s opening round.
But so far, Dunlap has been able to weather the inclement weather in his bid to win his second career PGA Tour title.
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